Experience World Heritage Beech Forests

Beech forest experience - all year round

UNESCO World Heritage Tours

Beech forests have their own charm in every season: in spring, when everything sprouts, in summer under a cool canopy of leaves, in colorful autumn, when the copper beech lives up to its name, and in winter, when sunlight illuminates the forest floor.

Our rangers know the best tours. Choose from the calendar of events or book your individual tour through the World Heritage Beech Forests at Kalkalpen National Park.

Information and booking

Ennstal National Park Visitor Center
Phone + 43 7254 8414-0
E-mail info-ennstal@kalkalpen.at

Info point Windischgarsten
Phone + 43 7562 5266-17
E-mail info-wdg@kalkalpen.at

Villa Sonnwend National Park Lodge
Phone + 43 7562 20592
E-mail villa-sonnwend@kalkalpen.at

Book dates from the event calendar

Book a Ranger - Book my individual national park tour

YouTube: World Heritage Tours in the Kalkalpen National Park

A national park ranger cooks in a cauldron hanging over a campfire

WildernessCamp for adults (3 days)

Time out in the World Heritage Site! We spend an inspiring time together in the midst of nature: for leisurely walks, to get to know new skills, for nice conversations.

Ranger hikes through a beech forest with adults

UNESCO World Heritage Tour: Through the Hintergebirge mountains

The Kalkalpen National Park is the most important forest national park in the Alps. Hike Austria's only natural world heritage site with us!

A hiker stands on a rock in the beech forest and looks at the fresh beech leaves

UNESCO World Heritage Tour: In the Bodinggraben

The Kalkalpen National Park is the most important forest national park in the Alps. Hike Austria's only natural world heritage site with us!

National Park ranger in yoga position in the spring-green beech forest

Forest yoga, balance in the beech forest

Where better to relax with yoga than in the rustic forests of the national park.

Forest bathing - recharge your batteries in the forest wilderness

A visit to the forest that really does you good! The natural, rustic forests in the national park exude a fascination for us humans.

Rays of sunlight fall through the deciduous canopy in the beech forest

UNESCO World Heritage Tour: To the Siebenbrünn

The Kalkalpen National Park is the most important forest national park in the Alps. Hike Austria's only natural world heritage site with us!

Adults hike on a marked trail through forest with old trees

National park crossing (2 or 3 days)

The multi-day tour leads on lonely paths and hiking trails, through hidden gorges and over peaks to the most beautiful places in the protected area.

Guided ranger tour in forest wilderness with old trees

On the way to the forest wilderness

The forests at Kalkalpen National Park develop largely without human intervention. Gain an insight into the exciting development of a primeval forest of tomorrow.

Three adults marvel at an old beech tree in the forest

UNESCO World Heritage Tour: Wildnistrail Buchensteig

Hike with us through Austria's only UNESCO World Heritage Site! Our tour takes us along the Buchensteig wilderness trail into the Reichraminger Hintergebirge.

National Park Ranger hands a girl food on a wooden spoon

Wilderness camp for kids (5 days)

The wilderness adventure is calling and you are right in the middle of it! On our forays through the forest, we are also on the trail of the lynxes in the national park.